U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.43%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology , Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.43%, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.73%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.93%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were General Electric Company (NYSE: GE ), which rose 4.27% or 0.55 points to trade at 13.44 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG ) added 1.81% or 1.38 points to end at 77.79 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ) was up 0.51% or 0.24 points to 47.31 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ), which lost 4.60% or 4.31 points to trade at 89.47 in late trade. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO ) declined 3.13% or 1.38 points to end at 42.68 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS ) shed 2.99% or 7.62 points to 247.26.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were General Electric Company (NYSE: GE ) which rose 4.27% to 13.44, Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE: PCG ) which was up 2.50% to settle at 43.94 and Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE: DRE ) which gained 2.40% to close at 26.03.

The worst performers were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) which was down 7.76% to 225.52 in late trade, Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE ) which lost 6.60% to settle at 213.80 and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX ) which was down 6.14% to 300.69 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Boxlight Corp Class A (NASDAQ: BOXL ) which rose 32.67% to 3.98, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores (NASDAQ: SHOS ) which was up 30.95% to settle at 2.75 and Astrotech Corp (NASDAQ: ASTC ) which gained 30.20% to close at 2.630.

The worst performers were LongFin Corp Class A (NASDAQ: LFIN ) which was down 41.50% to 34.68 in late trade, Juniper Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: JNP ) which lost 26.07% to settle at 8.650 and ITUS Corp (NASDAQ: ITUS ) which was down 21.36% to 3.350 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2137 to 967 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1995 fell and 541 advanced, while 111 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.80% to 22.46.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.77% or 10.50 to $1344.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.02% or 0.67 to hit $64.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.44 to trade at $69.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.2403, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 105.39.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 88.97.